I'm so sorry to hear all this. Hugs, friend!

Weirdly, I managed gold stake after only a dozen or so tries so probably the orange stake difficulty was a skill issue on my part oops

It took me WEEKS just to get one orange stakes (on yellow deck, prob not the best choice) so I salute you, friend

Sometimes I feel a little guilty taking apart something that someone obviously put a lot of time and effort into, but in the end I am admiring the handiwork way more than if the piece was sitting in a box.

I love that you can see the maker's fingerprints in the sculpey, especially on the leaves.

He tells me this and I think to myself, as he's speaking, haha not John Wick surely, everyone knows --

No. Everyone does not know, apparently

omg I know exactly what you mean. I had to, like, trick myself into exercising using what amounted to Pavlovian training. I mean, it worked, but still. Embarrassing